Jan 01, 1998
13 min
Full-HD

Of Present Body (or the perpetual spirals of pleasure and power) (1998)

Through the montage of film fragments from the Mexican Golden Cinema, pain, violence, repressed sexuality and Mexicanness are explored. This production is part of a twelve-short film project entitled "Enredando Sombras".

Category

Documentary

Country

Mexico

Companies

Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía

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